Bandwidth enhancement by optical amplitude and phase modulation of injection-locked semiconductor lasers

MWP 2007 - 2007 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 241-244

  Lau, Erwin K ^a   Sung, Hyuk Kee ^a   Zhao, Xiaoxue ^a   Parekh, Devang ^a   Chen, Young Kai ^b   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a   Wu, Ming C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BANDWIDTH; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INJECTION LASERS; LASERS; MICROWAVES; MODULATORS; OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONICS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

(140.3500) LASERS; BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENT; DYNAMIC TUNABILITY; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR (MOD); INJECTION LOCKED LASER (ILL); INJECTION-LOCKED; INTERNATIONAL (CO); MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL AMPLITUDES; PHASE MODULATOR (PM); RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONANT AMPLIFICATION; TRANSMITTED SIGNALS;

MODULATION;

EID: 46849106720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2007.4378183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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